Hapoel Beer Sheva v Celtic Predictions & Betting Odds – 23rd August 2016

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Hapoel Beer Sheva v Celtic Betting Preview – UEFA Champions League 23rd August

While Celtic have the advantage in their UEFA Champions League play off tie against Hapoel, the job isn’t done yet. They hold a 5-2 lead going into the second leg but the Scottish Champions are out on the road and they have won just two of their last 14 away games in European competition. So not a strong record and the Israeli outfit will have some hope of getting themselves back in the tie. They may need an early goal though to go out and upset the nerves of the Scottish Champions who have exited qualification at this stage in each of the last two seasons.

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Hapoel Beer Sheva v Celtic Betting Tips

Celtic have probably done enough to see their name in the hat for the group stage draw for this season’s UEFA Champions League. They banked a 5-2 win over Israeli outfit Hapoel Beer Sheva last week and that should be enough of a margin for them to be comfortable. That will be welcome too because Celtic aren’t great European travellers by any stretch of the imagination and they have won only two of their last fourteen away games in UEFA Competition. Shocking really and that has seen them suffer exits from UEFA Champions League qualifying in this play off round for the last two seasons. However, Celtic have their shooting boots on at the moment and they have scored a total of 25 goals in their last seven games. A great return for them then and they will be looking for more on Tuesday night.

But you always wonder, while Celtic have the goals in them, do they have the defence to make life easy and comfortable for themselves at the back? They have only the one clean sheet in their last six games across all competitions this season and that may tempt you into a both teams to score punt for a price of 4/7 with online betting site Betfred. You have Leigh Griffiths as a great option in the anytime goalscorer market for the match as he is running at a price of 5/4 to net any time. He has returned well this season and looks to be flourishing in an attack-minded Celtic side. So he is a good value option. This will be Celtic’s third away game in Europe this season and they have posted just a D1 L1 record from their previous two and scored just the one goal in total across those two away games. So clear room for improvement but they should be comfortable in Israel.

Hapoel were pretty frustrated in the first leg at Parkhead, but at least they did get a couple of away goals in the bag, which was something of a surprise. Even more so because they were 3-0 down at the break and looked completely out of it. They are clear underdogs here and they themselves know that they are facing a side who are better than them. That loss at Celtic is the only defeat that they have tasted this season across all competitions. They have gone W3 D2 L1 so far from all of their games played and have kept three clean sheets in five. They got the tie against Celtic after having made their way past FC Sheriff and then Olympiakos in the two previous qualifying rounds and Hapoel won both of their home matches by a single goal margin. While they’ll put in a spirited shift, it’s not likely that they will get too close to making it the group stage.

Hapoel Beer Sheva v Celtic Betting Odds

Hapoel 5/4, Draw 12/5, Celtic 19/10

Hapoel Beer Sheva v Celtic Predictions

This is likely to be a rare comfortable away night in Europe for Celtic. The job is pretty much done for them but because of their upsets at this stage in the last two seasons, they aren’t likely to take this one too light-heartedly. They are more than capable of putting a couple more goals on the board, so it’s worth backing them to win out on the road but worth a flutter on both teams to score as well though.

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